Includes bibliographical references (p. [921]-931) and index

The Mayas: "Greeks of the New World" -- The Incas: children of the sun -- The Toltec-Aztec culture -- The New World meets the Old World's cross and sword -- The halls of Montezuma -- Pizarro's exploits in the "Empire of the sun" -- The conquest of Chile -- Columbus yields to the "Knight of El Dorado" -- Conquest of the River Plate -- Brazil: land of no lure -- Iberians and Indians -- The division of lands and labor -- The empire consolidated -- Trade monopoly and pirates -- Flowering of the missions -- The church as inquisitor and moral censor -- Gold and silver in foreign coffers --The Brazilian colossus begins to move forward -- Struggle over possession of the behemoth -- After the banner into the sertão -- The feudal pattern of colonial society -- Life in the colonial

towns -- The beginnings of colonial culture -- Colonial belles-lettres -- Architecture and the fine arts -- Rebellion of the beast below -- Chile emerges begins the Araucanian Frontier -- The Argentine pampas: cradle of a great people -- Brazilian plantation life yields to the lure of gold -- Abortive rebellions in South America -- Revolt of the classes -- Liberator of the north -- Revolution in the south -- Argentina parts company with Spain -- San Martín: protector of Peru -- The two generals meet and Guayaquil -- The cry from Dolores -- Men of destiny -- Brazil escapes the chaos of revolution -- The democratic emperor of Brazil -- Paraguay as a symbol of perpetual despotism -- The spirit of Argentine nationality -- Juan Manuel de Rosas: tyrant of the Artentine -- Sarmiento: civilian president -- The Paraguayan War -- Venezuela and Columbia under Caudillo rule -- The Andean Republics -- Chile: democracy of the oligarchy -- Santa Anna loses half of Mexico -- Benito Juárez: Indian president -- Porfirio Díaz: bread or the club -- Ariel and Caliban -- The twentieth century: deep womb, dark flower -- The postwar years -- The contemporary scene -- Inter-American relations today

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